Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Multiple Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 10 Feb 2010 5314 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

1. ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows TCP/IP stack due to insufficient bounds checking when processing specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An anonymous attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a computer with IPv6 enabled. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

2. Header MDL Fragmentation Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows TCP/IP stack due to the manner in which the TCP/IP stack handles specially crafted Encapsulating Security Payloads (ESP) over UDP datagram fragments when running a custom network driver. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

3. ICMPv6 Route Information Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows TCP/IP stack due to insufficient bounds checking when processing specially crafted ICMPv6 Route Information packets. An anonymous attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending specially crafted ICMPv6 Route Information packets to a computer with IPv6 enabled. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

4. TCP/IP Selective Acknowledgement Vulnerability

A denial of service vulnerability exists in TCP/IP processing in Microsoft Windows due to an error in the processing of specially crafted TCP packets with a malformed selective acknowledgment (SACK) value. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the target system a small number of specially crafted packets causing the affected system to stop responding and automatically restart.